Publications

18.10.2017 Moldova and the European Convention on Human Rights: Insights from Strasbourg on the 20th anniversary of ratification Speech by Mr Guido Raimondi,President of the European Court of Human RightsChişinău, 6 October 2017Mr President of the Constitutional Court,Mr Speaker,Minister,Ladies and Gentlemen,It is a pleasure indeed to be with you this morning. I am very grateful to my hosts for organising this conference to mark a significant anniversary - 20 years - of an historic event for the Republic of Moldova: ratification of the European Convention on Human Rights.This country was part of the great extension of the scope

12.06.2017 RUSSIAN JUSTIFICATION OF THE ANNEXATION OF CRIMEA AND NAZI PROPAGANDA: GREAT SIMILARITIES AND MINOR DIFFERENCES RUSSIAN JUSTIFICATION OF THE ANNEXATION OF CRIMEA AND NAZI PROPAGANDA: GREAT SIMILARITIES AND MINOR DIFFERENCES[1] Prof. Dr. Dainius ŽalimasPresident of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania,Professor at the Science Centre of International and European Union Law (Faculty of Law, Vilnius University) The annexation of a part of the territory of Ukraine – the Crimean peninsula was an unexpected and shocking incident to the international community. It is generally assessed as a grave breach of the fundamental principles of international law,

04.04.2016 Preserving Democracy: the On-Going Fight between the Court and the Government The relationship between the Constitutional Court and the Government became strained after the 2013 case concerning the Broadcasting Law when the Constitutional Court nullified the norm, according to which the Broadcasting Board would automatically change with the change in the adoption of the law. The situation turned into a physical confrontation and reached its culmination in September 2015, after the Gigi Ugulava (former Mayor of Tbilisi) case when the court limited 9-months pre-trial detention. From then to date the two

16.02.2016 Constitutional Tribunal of Poland: changes in the appointment of judges (legal analysis) Legal opinion on the analysis of the changes to the Act on the Constitutional Tribunal and of the changes in the make-up of the Constitutional Tribunal in the light of the fundamental values of a democratic state of law lying at the base of the European Union, in particular Article 2 of the Treaty on the European Union. Prof. Dr. hab. Dr. h.c. Bogusław Banaszak,University of Zielona Góra,Poland 1. IntroductionThis paper is not intended to offer a comprehensive analysis of the changes

11.01.2016 Supreme Court Justice Scalia: Constitution says government can favor religion Supreme Court Justice Scalia: Constitution says government can favor religion By David Gibson Religion News Service4 January 2016Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is never shy about voicing his strong, and strongly conservative, opinions about the role of religion in American society, and he has once again made headlines with what he called a "sermon" in which he said the U.S. Constitution can favor religion over "nonreligion."In fact, Scalia told a gathering at a Catholic high school near New Orleans on Saturday